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A sixtieth anniversary edition of the classic novel "Gone With the Wind," the story of Scarlett O'Hara, a young woman whose strength of character carries her through the deprivations of the Civil War, but whose infatuation with Ashley Wilkes keeps her from recognizing her true love.
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Since it was first published in 1974, "The Killer Angels" has become the most belove, widely-read Civil War novel of the post-World War II era. Shaara's unforgettable novel served as the basis for the acclaimed feature film Gettysburg, has sold millions of copies, and inspired the bestselling Civil War novels Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure by his son, Jeff Shaara. After more than a quarter of a century and three million copies in print,...
4) Bull Run
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Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys, and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War.
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"Stephen Crane's immortal masterpiece about the nightmare of war was first published in 1895 and brought its young author immediate international fame. Set during the Civil War, it tells of the brutal disillusionment of a young recruit who had dreamed of the thrill and glory of war, only to find himself fleeing the horror of a battlefield. Shame over his cowardice drives him to seek to redeem himself by being wounded -- earning what he calls the "red...
10) Andersonville
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""The greatest of our Civil War novels" (New York Times) reissued for a new generation As the United States prepares to commemorate the Civil War's 150th anniversary, Plume reissues the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel widely regarded as the most powerful ever written about our nation's bloodiest conflict. MacKinlay Kantor's Andersonville tells the story of the notorious Confederate Prisoner of War camp, where fifty thousand Union soldiers were held...
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Georgia, 1864: Sherman's army marches from Atlanta to the sea. In its path, the charming old city of Savannah where the Lester ladies -- attractive widowed Sara and her feisty twelve-year-old daughter Hattie -- struggle to save the family rice plantation. When Sherman offers the conquered city to President Lincoln as "a Christmas gift," Hattie and the feared general find themselves on a collision course that will astonish both of them.In this rousing...
14) The titans
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This fifth volume of The Kent Family Chronicles depicts the effects of the American Civil War on various family members.
15) Gettysburg
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Landmark books volume 23
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A detailed description of the bitter three day battle that raged through the quiet Pennsylvania town; the battle that historians call the turning point of the Civil War.
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Great escapes (HarperCollins) volume 3
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Captured by the Confederate Army in 1863 during the American Civil War, Union soldiers Colonel Thomas Rose and Major A.G. Hamilton are sent to infamous Libby Prison, where they resolve to escape tortuous conditions.
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"Eye of the Storm is one of the most important Civil War documents to be published since Ulysses S. Grant's Personal Memoirs. Four tattered scrapbooks found in a Connecticut bank vault in 1994 yielded a treasure trove of more than five hundred watercolors that vividly depict America's great national drama. These scrapbooks - plus a five-thousand-page illustrated memoir that came to light later - are the life's achievement of a long-forgotten Union...
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Gettysburg trilogy volume 1
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Instead of attacking on the third day, General Lee flanks the Federals, cutting them off from Washington, D.C. and their supplies. Staring at the face of disaster, the Federals are forced into a desperate fight to survive.
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